Madeleine Britt, of Sarasota, Fla. died on April 7. The long-time Rockville Centre resident graduated from St. Agnes Academic High School in 1944, where she established life-long relationships, …
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4/13/11
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Amrit Kakaria, a leading Indian-American journalist in the U.S., and a former resident of Rockville Centre, died on Sept. 26. The cause was a heart attack (he had been battling cancer, but it was in remission). He was 72. Kakaria retired in 2002 after 45 years in the media business, most recently as head of U.S. operations for the India Today group.
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10/6/10
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M. George Caracost, a lifelong member of the Island Park Fire Department and former Village Trustee, died on Jan. 7. He was 89.
Born in Waycross, Ga. on Sept. 16, 1921, Caracost’s family moved a …
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1/26/11
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Long time Rockville Centre resident Mary E. VanFleet, (nee McLaughlin), also known to many as “Sugar,” died on Nov. 3 at the age of 83. The cause of death was cancer.
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11/25/09
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In so many ways, Oceanside resident Philip Califano was an average boy. He loved going to Gamestop with his aunt to buy games for his Wii. He loved NASCAR and wrestling (John Cena was his favorite …
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10/25/12
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Perry Harding Reese (maiden name Perry H. Seiffert), 92, of Crisfield, Md. and formerly of Oceanside, died Dec. 20 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, Crisfield.
Born in Brunswick, Ga., on Aug. 31, …
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1/5/11
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Marvin Kominsky, a resident of Brookline, Mass. and a former Oceanside resident, died on May 29. He was 91.
The beloved husband of the late Phyllis (Sampson) for 68 years. Loving father of Rabbi …
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6/8/11
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Mary O’Grady, a longtime resident of Valley Stream, died on Oct. 6 at home. She was 89.
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10/11/11
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A courageous survivor of the AIDS plague that struck down so many of his friends in the 1980’s, Richard Von Oesen Boggs died on Feb. 4 in his Manhattan home, a few days after he turned 60.
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2/20/13
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Thomas G. Barnes
Former Floodlight Rescue Company captain
Tom Barnes was a longtime Rockville Centre resident who unexpected;y died on Oct. 5, at his current home in Orlando, Fla. Born on Oct. …
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11/4/09
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